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Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... have been hoarded by US banks with limited credit being extended to households, businesses and investors. "As confidence returns and banks expand credit, the money supply will increase with the inflationary impact depending on how the Federal Reserve ...

S&P gives DNR three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... "Since it was established in October 2002, the model portfolio has consistently recorded higher absolute and risk-adjusted returns relative to its benchmark. "Excess returns have been recorded in both rising and falling market environments while the ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... the fund found attractive investments in credit during the year, with the fund's debt portfolio making 30 to 40 per cent returns. But he was quick to point out that these returns are not the norm and he wouldn't expect them to be. "You should never make ...

Consultants should share GFC's blame

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
More asset consultants should shoulder the blame for the bad advice that led to poor investment returns during the GFC, said the chief investment officer of First State Super. Mark Sainsbury, chief investment officer of First State Super, told an IMCA ...

Hunter Hall regains lost ground

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... October, investment flows haven't followed suit. But Hall isn't overly concerned, he said the investment team is focussed on returns rather than strong inflows. "We haven't seen anything in the way of fund flows. Inflows have been matched by outflows ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... different. Well is it? Huh...punk! The good news is that Dubai is not "too big to fail". The world would barely notice if it returns to desert sand. But what happens when USA Inc. defaults?

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... in the right hedge fund because a separate research shows the good ones do deliver diversification benefits and higher returns than long-only funds. "We can all agree that pension funds should invest in common equities, but if you look at the facts ...

QIC wins $100m from QSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... QSuper has pumped $109 million into QIC's Global Fixed Interest (GFI) Alpha Fund. The QIC GFI Alpha Fund, which generates returns from a broad global fixed income opportunity set, has delivered 13 per cent (gross) per annum since July 2005. In May 2009 ...

The downside of Ripoll

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... wouldn't, because a planning group can define fiduciary duty as meeting a client's need for "high capital gains and high returns" and if the planning firm can justify using its own share trading platform and expensive products to fulfill that duty, it ...

Causeway hires water and funds director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... believe this underpins the price of water into the future and represents an opportunity for investors to achieve excellent returns." The Sydney-based investment manager has around $650 million in assets under management and advice.